Down To Earth
India has lost its way on open access
New Delhi’s focus on striking a deal with the scientific publishing industry ignores the true spirit of open access and knowledge sharing
4 min |
June 16, 2023
Down To Earth
Ominous change
A clear change evident in western disturbances that bring the crucial winter rains to India
2 min |
June 16, 2023
Down To Earth
'Nature returning to modern poetry'
FOR POET, WRITER AND TRANSLATOR K SATCHIDANANDAN, NATURE WAS A THEME THAT WAS FADING FROM MODERN POETRY. BUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE CAPITALIST IDEA OF DEVELOPMENT, FACILITATED ITS COMEBACK. MARKING THE EVOLUTION OF THIS ECOPOETRY, SATCHIDANANDAN, WHO IS ALSO PRESIDENT OF KERALA SAHITYA AKADEMI,ALONG WITH ASIAN-AMERICAN POET AND PLAYWRIGHT NISHI CHAWLA RECENTLY EDITED GREENING THE EARTH, AN ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS ON THE GLOBAL RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES. IN A CONVERSATION WITH ARYA ROHINI AND PREETHA BANERJEE, SATCHIDANANDAN EXPLAINS HOW POETRY AS A MEDIUM IS INSPIRING CHANGE. EXCERPTS:
3 min |
June 16, 2023
Down To Earth
Climate counsel
Farmers in Maharashtra alert each other about local weather conditions and share new agricultural strategies to cope with climate change SHEKHAR PAIGUDE
2 min |
June 16, 2023
Down To Earth
Delay tactics
Slow progress on treaty to end global plastic pollution as countries hold up negotiations with procedural objections
4 min |
June 16, 2023
Down To Earth
Act of faith
Why is Mendha fighting for community ownership of land under gramdan law at a time when most other villages want to give up the tag and states are diluting it?
7 min |
June 16, 2023
Sasthrakeralam
പരിണാമ ശാസ്ത്രം: നാം എന്തിന് പഠിക്കണം?
ആദ്യത്തെ ചോദ്യങ്ങൾ
1 min |
June 2023
Sasthrakeralam
പരിസ്ഥിതി പടിക്ക് പുറത്താകുമ്പോൾ
ശാസ്ത്രകേരളം
2 min |
June 2023
Sasthrakeralam
മാഞ്ഞുപോകുന്ന ഭൂതകാലം
ശാസ്ത്രകേരളം
3 min |
June 2023
Sasthrakeralam
സ്കൂളുകളിലെ പരിണാമപഠനം
എന്തെല്ലാം പഠിപ്പിക്കണം? എങ്ങനെ പഠിപ്പിക്കണം?
2 min |
June 2023
Down To Earth
15 KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS, 11 DIE
Despite ample laws and implementation structures, industries continue to release untreated effluents into the environment. What can be done to make the defaulters follow the law?
10+ min |
June 01, 2023
Down To Earth
Lethal hypocrisy of US Special 301 Report
Patent protection in the US is a convoluted and expensive business and yet it pulls up other countries that have robust systems
4 min |
June 01, 2023
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Displaced by disasters
Climate emergency replaces wars and conflicts as the biggest global cause for internal displacement of people
3 min |
June 01, 2023
Down To Earth
Link as old as time
CONSIDERED AN ENIGMA TODAY, CHEETAH IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF INDIAN HISTORY, NOTES WILDLIFE EXPERT DIVYABHANUSINH IN THE STORY OF INDIA’S CHEETAHS. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1995, A NEW EDITION OF THE BOOK WAS LAUNCHED RECENTLY, WITH A CHAPTER ON INDIA’S PROJECT CHEETAH
5 min |
June 01, 2023
Down To Earth
Small wonder?
The government believes that nano-fertiliser can improve soil health and help double agricultural income, but farmers and scientists remain unsure about its benefits
6 min |
June 01, 2023
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Amplifying discontent
Absence of a good census allows politicians to exploit aspirations, hopes, sentiments, language traditions and social identities of people in Manipur
3 min |
June 01, 2023
MACHINERY LUBRICATION INDIA
Contamination Control Objectives: Cleanliness And Dryness
With contamination being the leading cause of machine failure, one of the most important sections of a lubrication program is contamination control
3 min |
May- June 2023
MACHINERY LUBRICATION INDIA
Risk Management: Comparing Human Health With Equipment Health
As the title would suggest, comparing human health to equipment asset health reveals some striking similarities, but also uncovers differences that should be considered
10+ min |
May- June 2023
MACHINERY LUBRICATION INDIA
The Value of a Platform Lubrication Dedicated to Program Management
With an industry increasingly focused on improving machine reliability through the deployment of best practices in lubrication and oil analysis, there is a need to establish better management tools to accomplish these objectives
5 min |
May- June 2023
MACHINERY LUBRICATION INDIA
Machinery Configuration
Quick Wins that Optimize Machine Performance
5 min |
May- June 2023
MACHINERY LUBRICATION INDIA
Oil Analysis Pitfall!
For better or worse, our world is very connected
2 min |
May- June 2023
MACHINERY LUBRICATION INDIA
Make Touchstones of Lubrication Excellence Shine
Almost subconsciously, our senses gather information on our surroundings
3 min |
May- June 2023
MACHINERY LUBRICATION INDIA
KPIs to Ensure Proper Lubrication Selection
With the movement to digital solutions for tracking and managing most decisions that are made in reliability and maintenance, an area that is often left out is lubricant selection
3 min |
May- June 2023
MACHINERY LUBRICATION INDIA
LEAN MANUFACTURING EXPLAINED
Lean manufacturing or \"going lean,\" refers to a series of methods, philosophies and tools to minimize waste in your business and maximize production. Read about different ways your company can go lean
10+ min |
May- June 2023
Down To Earth
Will The Aral Sea Ever Come Back?
Forty years of “creeping environmental problems” built up into a mammoth monster insidiously sucking the great Aral Sea virtually dry
2 min |
May 16, 2023
Down To Earth
ORPHANED BY APATHY
Hidden from the outside world, this is the plight of the Van Taungiyas
2 min |
May 16, 2023
Down To Earth
REPUBLIC QUAKED
How can a region officially recognised as the most earthquake prone be so helpless when it strikes?
2 min |
May 16, 2023
Down To Earth
TURNING TURTLE
Olive Ridley sea turtles have been coming to the Gahirmatha coast in Odisha for thousands of years for mass nesting. But for two consecutive years now they have failed to nest here, though they have shown up
2 min |
May 16, 2023
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A SILENT CRISIS
Years of undernutrition and a heavy reliance on rice, supplied through public distribution system, could be fuelling diabetes among tribal population
2 min |
May 16, 2023
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HOMELESS HILSA
The ocean fish that swims against the tide to spawn in rivers is moving away from Bangladesh
2 min |